ThinkSystem SR655 (7Z01, EPYC 7002)

ThinkSystem SR655 (7Z01, EPYC 7002)
Network Server
Cisco Systems, Inc.

26 Jul 2021
150621

SUSE YES Certified for the following products:
Operating Systems:

SUSE® Linux Micro 6.1

Product Description
For more information about this system, please visit www.lenovo.com.

Tested Configuration:

Computer Type:	Rack Mount
Mother Board Revision:	SB27A42857
BIOS/uEFI:	UEFI: CFE121J - v5.30 (01/26/2021)
CPU:	AMD EPYC™ 7742 2.25 GHz
RAM:	128 GB
Ports and Bus Types:	4 USB Ports 3 PCI Express X16
Video Adapter:	ASPEED AST2500
Host Bus Adapter:	Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Hard Disk Drive:	Seagate® Enterprise Performance 10K 1.8TB SAS 512E HDD - ST1800MM0018 , Serial SCSI (SAS)
Test Kit:	System Certification Kit 8.6.0-34.2

Config Notes

SUSE Driver Kit: The ibm_x6-sle11sp3-x86_64 driver kit is SUSE SolidDriver Program compliant. The driver kit was installed during the SLES install process as an initial bootable iso image. This driver must be downloaded and installed before the SLES install. To obtain the driver go to: http://drivers.suse.com/ibm/IBM-X6/sle11-sp3/install-readme.html
Install: System installed using an external USB DVD drive; the OS was installed from DVD using the UEFI boot loader and elilo system configuration.
Hard disk configuration: JBOD
VM Driver Pack: All FV guests were tested with PV drivers installed. The SLES 11 SP3 drivers are included with the OS. The Windows 2012 drivers are available from http://download.novell.com (VMDP-WIN-2.1.exe).
Maintenance updates: Xen 8479 (bnc#836239) and Linux Kernel 9329 updates are required and were installed during certification testing.
Xen Hypervisor: the hypervisor was booted with following additional parameters "dom0_mem=16G dom0_max_vcpus=16"
System was scaled up to 8-socket by joining four x880 X6 with 8S scalability connector.

Adapters and Drivers


ASPEED AST2500
	Driver Type: Video Driver	Driver Name: modesetting_drv.so
	Driver Date: 16-Apr-2021	Driver Size: 107144
	Checksum: b3854d6303e2efc922b10b2c6c6efe7c

Broadcom® BCM5719 X4 PCI Express® Quad-Port Gigabit Ethernet Controller
	Driver Type: LAN Driver	Driver Name: tg3.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 80556
	Checksum: 5559de3cb848a69c9255dc3e041106f0

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 930-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12GB Adapter
	Driver Type: HBA Driver	Driver Name: megaraid_sas.ko.xz
	Driver Date: 06-May-2021	Driver Size: 68420
	Checksum: cdc7bfa63964ba2caa52b643881b6a11

The term SUSE YES Certified applies only to the exact configuration documented in this bulletin. For more information on hardware exchange policies, please access the following document and view the Hardware Component Exchange Guide.

https://www.suse.com/product-certification/yes-certified/certification-requirements/

For more information regarding the specific test configuration, please contact:

Cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Dr.
San Jose , CA 95134
Voice: (408) 526-4000
Toll Free: (800) 553-NETS or (800) 553-6387
Website: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html

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ThinkSystem SR655 (7Z01, EPYC 7002) - Yes Bulletin 150621 | SUSE